Portland Chinese Garden Teahouse + Free Entry | January 2-11

Chinese Teahouse
Chinese Teahouse
Chinese Garden, Portland, Oregon
Taken on May 11, 2009
Photo by CarloPDX

The forecast currently only shows rain on Monday of this week and temperatures will make it to the high 40s–not bad for January in Portland. On top of that, entrance to the Chinese Garden will be free until January 11th with various activities happening each day.

From Chinese Gardens website:

On September 14, 2010 Lan Su Chinese Garden turns ten. To commemorate this exciting milestone and honor our special relationship with our sister city Suzhou, we're hosting a yearlong celebration–and everyone is invited. Beginning with ten free admission days and continuing throughout the year, we're filling the calendar with events and surprises not to be missed.

Celebrating Ten Years with Ten Free Days
January 2 – 11

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Greek Cusina Is Closed | Purple Octopus Gone Too?

valentine's heart , greek cusina, portland, oregon
Greek Cusina Purple Octopus
Portland, Oregon
Photo by Julian Chadwick

The Greek Cusina apparently closed this weekend. Perhaps the city's threats finally came to fruition. No news on whether the octopus is still there or will stay up…let's hope so or no Valentine's heart for us this year. BarFly's Review of Greek Cusina here.

Update: it appears the octopus will be taken down tomorrow. :(

Portland Trivia Night: "Mad About Mad Men" @ Ella Street Social Club | January 4

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Shanrocks is having another one of their special trivia nights on Monday and this time it is Mad Men night.

From Shanrocks:
Do you know the ins and out of Sterling Cooper – or, to be thoroughly modern, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce?

Whether you're an account man or with “creative”; happy in the secretarial pool or eager for that corner office; ripping your nylons on subway seats or staying home with Carla and the kids, you'll want to bring your best pitch to the Ella Street Social Club on Monday, Jan. 4, for Mad About “Man Men,” a special theme night of ShanRock's Triviology dedicated to all things Joan, Roger, Betty, Kinsey, et al. Period dress encouraged; period behavior (smoking while pregnant, sexually harassing Margaret the trivia jockey) . . . not so much.

Trophy & prizes for the winning team!

ShanRock's Triviology presents “Mad About 'Mad Men'”!
Monday, Jan. 4 @ 7:00
Ella Street Social Club @ 714 SW 20th Place
5 person max. per team
Free to play

Portland Video: CHERVONA ushers in 2010 – Alberta Public House


CHERVONA ushers in 2010
Alberta Public House
Portland, Oregon
Video by by Janaka Jayawardena

Description: An attempt to capture the live energy of Chervona, a Portland-based band that seems to defy categorization – Russian/gypsy/punkish/… all seem to fail at describing the foot stomping experience. I cut through two hours of footage to pull together about 6 minutes that hopefully gives you a sense of what the music and performance is like.

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